Improvement in caps



UNITED STATES PATENT OEETcE.

SIMON GOLDSTONE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,702, dated September4, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON GOLDSTONE, of Prussia, now residing in thecity and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented an Improvement in Caps, Snc.; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description ot' the sanie,reference being had to the accompaii yin g drawings, and to the lettersof reference marked thereon.

My invention consists in formingtwo series of eyelet-holes, one throughthe back of the cap, opening from the outside into the space c, betweenthe body D and the band B, and the other opening from theiiiside of thecap through the band B into the same space, c.

On reference tothe accompanying drawings, which forin part of thisspecification, Figure l is a vienr of the exterior back and the interiorfront of the cap, showing the eyelets a La b b b, and Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

Through the body of the cap A a series of holes are formed opening intothe space c. Between the body and the band B eyelets a a ai, &c., arefixed in said holes. Similarholes are formed through the band B, at thefront ofthe cap inside, opening into the saine space c, and similarlyfitted with eyelets b b b, Src. It will be readilyT seen that the air iscaused by the eyelet-holes to circulate freely in and out over the head,keeping it cool and free from perspiration. At the same time the aircirculating in the space c passes through the eyelets b b b, Sac., tothe forehead, carrying off and diminishin g the perspiration caused bythe band B bearing on the forehead.

Between the band and the body of the cap a lining of oil-silk isinserted, to prevent the perspiration from soaking'into and soiling thebody. As the perspiration drips through the front eyelet-holes itsettles on the oil-silk, from which it can be readily wiped.

IVhat I claim as iny invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A cap having a series of eyelet-holes through the back, opening from theexterior into the space contained between the body and the band, andseries of eyelet-holes through the band, opening from the interior ofthe cap into the same space, and having an oil-sill;perspiration-shield, the whole arranged and operating with respect toeach other substantially as is herein specified and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my naine to this specification inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

SIMON GOLDSTONE.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS D. PAs'roniUs, J oHN ANDERSON.

